closing  exhibition//celebration//                                                   bazaar

We're turning the Hamdard Center into a POP UP art gallery. 
​
Please join us for the FREE closing celebration/exhibit for the Craft(ing) Culture(s) series. Celebrate craft as art. Explore migration, renewal, and reimagination in refugee and immigrant communities.

Enjoy live music, tastings, an art & craft market featuring immigrant & refugee women artisans and entrepreneurs, art-making stations, and an interactive GIS map about migration. 

Meet amazing artists including: 
Bosnian Artisans from the CEW Design Studio
Ibtessam Asfour, Palestinian embroidery artist 
Mrs. Chay, Korean quilting artist
Yasmin Ali, South Asian fabric artist, musician, and painter.
Abraham Mellish, musician and Liberian immigrant.
Compass Rose/Rosa de los Vientos, members of Chicago Folklore Ensemble honoring musical traditions from immigrant communities.

Date :: November 6
​Time :: 6 - 10 PM

Location

Hamdard Center
1542 W Devon Ave
Chicago, IL

​Craft(ing) Culture(s) is a Featured Program of Chicago Artist's Month. 
Series sponsored by DCASE. 
Closing events sponsored by the Loyola University Department of Social Work and the Loyola University Unity in Diversity Fund. 
Our partners include: Hamdard Center, CEW Design Studio, Apna Ghar, KANWIN, Accion Chicago, Women's Business Development Center, Fair Trade Chicago, the Entrepreneurship Clinic, Ethiopian Cultural Museum of Chicago, Cambodian Heritage Museum, and Arab American Family Services.

---